ULTIMATE.—The last syllable in a word. See Division of Words.

UNDERLAY.—A piece of paper or card placed under a line of type or a portion of a block which is low, in order to raise it, so that it may receive more impression.—See Making Ready.

UNEVEN PAGE.—A page whose folio consists of an uneven number, as 7, 9, &c.

UNLOCKING FORMES.—The act of unfastening the type and loosening it from the chase and furniture by drawing out the quoins. Care should betaken to loosen the different quoins gradually, and not to make any of them slack suddenly, as the force necessary to unfasten others may squabble the matter or cause it to hang.

UNDER-RUNNERS.—Continuations of such side notes as are too long to be all placed opposite the paragraph to which they refer, and are run under the text, in order that they may not displace other notes. When so done they should never be extended to the full length of the measure of the text, to avoid confusion, but end within three or four ems of the line according to its length.

“UP.”—A job is said to be “up” when it is completely composed.

UPPER CASE.—The case which stands uppermost on the frame, and contains the capitals, small capitals, and other characters, according to the “lay” adopted in a printing office—which characters are called “upper-case sorts.”